Thursday, June 09, 2005

Oracle adds to database portfolio with TimesTen | CNET News.com

Oracle adds to database portfolio with TimesTen | CNET News.com: "For example, TimesTen's software is used by wireless operators to make several calculations during a call, such as the caller's balance and the right tariff to use, explained Groff.
The company has about 1,500 customers.
Venture-backed TimesTen, which was spun off of Hewlett-Packard, is already aligned with Oracle's database technology. The company's database caching product, for example, only works with Oracle's database, which is widely used in large corporations.
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Competitors of TimesTen include embedded database vendors and specialized, privately backed companies, said Groff. Database luminary Michael Stonebraker, for example, founded a company called StreamBase for real-time data management."